SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Though COVID-19 forced California leaders to scale back their ambitious health care agenda, they still managed to enact significant new laws intended to lower consumer health care spending and expand access to health coverage. When Democratic Gov….
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‘An Arm and a Leg’: For Your Next Health Insurance Fight, an Exercise in Financial Self-Defense
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. A listener asked: ‘How do I remain cool when calling insurance companies?” So we called veteran self-defense teacher Lauren Taylor for advice. She leads Defend Yourself, an organization that works to empower…
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Trump Plan May Set Clock Ticking on Many Health Rules — Setting Off Alarms
The Trump administration wants to require the Department of Health and Human Services to review most of its regulations by 2023 — and automatically void those not assessed in time. A proposed rule would require HHS to analyze within 24…
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‘An Arm And a Leg’: How a Former Health Care Executive Became a Health Care Whistleblower
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Former health care executive Wendell Potter spent part of 2020 publishing high-profile apologies for the work he used to do — the lies he said he told the American people for his…
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Tiffany Haddish Shows Off 30-Day Body Transformation and Says She's Ready to 'Build Muscle'
Tiffany Haddish is showing off her hard work! The 41-year-old shared a before-and-after photo of her body transformation after a 30-day fitness program on Instagram Tuesday. In the "after" image, Haddish flexes her newly defined muscle and smiles. "Before my…
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Pfizer Vaccine Should Still Be Effective Against the New COVID Strain, Study Finds
Amid concerns about the new, faster-spreading COVID-19 strain, researchers at Pfizer have said that their vaccine should still be effective at fighting the virus. The new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7, emerged soon after the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's vaccine…
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How to lose visceral fat: Adding more pulses into your diet could help burn the belly fat
Dr Zoe Williams discusses visceral fat on This Morning Visceral fat, also known as abdominal or belly fat, is fat that develops around your mid-section, surrounding vital organs like your liver and pancreas. It’s different to subcutaneous fat, which you…
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Cameron Candace Bure Shows Off Her 'Jump Rope Journey' of 5 Years
Candace Cameron Bure is on a jump rope journey, and she's bringing her followers with her! The actress, 44, posted several videos on her Instagram account on Tuesday, sharing her progress as she advanced from basic jump rope to more…
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Statins side effects: Four gastrointestinal symptoms warning something is not right
This Morning: Dr Chris reveals grapefruit can affect statins Statins are recommended for all people with known heart disease, people with very high LDL cholesterol, and middle-aged adults with type 2 diabetes. Statins are also advised for people with no…
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Am I OK? How to do a mental health check
How am I doing? It’s a question most of us have likely asked ourselves, especially during the pandemic, which has distressed us, upended us, disconnected us. Maybe you asked it when two bad days turned into four, or when you…
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